ABSTRACT
Using the site appraisal report and the land survey, designers will set out in note form or by using simple diagrams their interpretation of the data and resulting implications. For example, waterlogged ground may be either drained to make it dry or utilized for bog loving plants, or perhaps both in dierent locations. A harsh and exposed microclimate may require shelter planting, but this may obscure important views. A designer will highlight any such conicts so that clients can make a choice according to their priorities. Just for example, a client’s desire for increased privacy and security for their existing rather open site may require the need for a planning application to erect a high boundary fence. If planning permission were to be refused, then the fence may have to be modied, perhaps to a hedge, reducing its value in performing the principal desired function, at least in the short term. inking through the implications of the data collection is a vital part of the design process.
